Narrative:
Hit by heavy communist machine gun fire, while carrying 34 VIP passengers. The plane crash-landed at Tam Ky were it was seriously damaged by fire.
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 17 November 1966 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | B-156 |
| MSN: | 22353 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Tam Ky ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Hit by heavy communist machine gun fire, while carrying 34 VIP passengers. The plane crash-landed at Tam Ky were it was seriously damaged by fire.
Sources:
» El Litoral 17-11-1966» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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